Joan of Arc Star to Play Clara Schumann

BUZZMEDIA NETWORK casts Hungarian actress Orsi Toth as Clara Schumann.

(PRWEB) September 4, 2005 -- Netherlands-based film development and production company BUZZMEDIA NETWORK this week cast Hungarian actress Orsolya Toth (a.k.a. Orsi Toth) in the title role of the forthcoming biopic on the life of musical prodigy Clara Schumann. The film is to be directed by Netherlands based director Heinrich Dahms, who previously directed My Daughters Keeper (Miramax, 1993).

'Clara follows the life of 19th Century musical prodigy Clara Schumann as she battles her tyrannical stage father to marry the man she loves, composer Robert Schumann, only to find that Schumann is going insane.

Miss Toth previously played leading roles in two films by Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo: the 2002 'Pleasant Days, and the 2004 release, 'Johanna. Johanna is the filmed version of a modern Orwellian opera on the life of Jean dArc set in the timeless limbo of a futuristic hospital.

Dahms, who first saw Miss Toth in the premiere of 'Johanna at Cannes 2005, was so impressed by the young actress poignant interpretation of the doomed saint in that film that he immediately contacted her for the role of Clara.

'Clara was written by award-winning US screenwriter, Miriam Queensen, who is also a published journalist, teacher in screen writing, and an accomplished classical pianist in her own right.

The film is scheduled for production in late 2006.

About BUZZMEDIA NETWORK

BUZZMEDIA NETWORK BV (www.buzzmedia.net) is the Netherlands based film development company of Heinrich Dahms (www.dahms.com), director of feature films including MY DAUGHTERS KEEPER (Miramax 1993). Other BUZZMEDIA projects in development include an award-winning script on Mozarts gifted sister Nannerl, titled THE WONDER CHILD.

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